Question

what is Catenation and tetravalency.?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The ability of carbon to form covalent bonds with other carbon atoms is called catenation. ... Now as we can see above that carbon has 4 unpaired electrons in its excited state so it can form 4 covalent bonds with other atoms and this property of carbon is called tetravalency of carbon.

Answer 2

Catenation is the self-linking property of carbon i.e carbon atoms form bonds with another carbon atom while tetravalency is the property of carbon atom to combine with another atom of another element i.e carbon atoms form bonds with atoms of other elements..